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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite “forgotten” technology / sof... by nodesocket on Sunday October 11, 2020 @01:21PM (#24747402)
Hotline [1] the precursor to Gnutella and Kazaa. Chat, message board, file transfer client / server software ahead of its time. While not peer-to-peer, it's easy to navigate and use user interface was superior.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotline_Communications

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite “forgotten” technology / sof... by anthk on Monday October 19, 2020 @12:53PM (#24828201)
Get NicotinePlus. Chat and P2P transfers.

EDIT: so, not peer to peer.

Any advanced Jabber client does that.